{"id":3165,"date":"2010-06-02T09:28:05","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T14:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2010-06-02T09:28:25","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T14:28:25","slug":"news-and-analysis-6210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3165","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/2\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Israeli officials pledge &#8220;this ship will be stopped as was the case with the other Gaza flotilla  ships earlier in the week &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theyeshivaworld.com\/news\/General+News\/60563\/SS-Rachel-Corrie-Heading-to-Israel-to-Break-Gaza-Embargo.html\">SS Rachel Corrie Heading to Israel to Break Gaza Embargo <\/a>(Yeshiva World News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; a now freed Kuwaiti lawmaker reports &#8220;Israelis roughed up and humiliated all of us &#8211; women, men and children&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0They were brutal and arrogant, but our message reached every corner of the world that the blockade on Gaza is unfair and should be lifted immediately&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/06\/01\/AR2010060104394.html\">124 Gaza Aid Flotilla Activists Arrive in Jordan<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but Israeli <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3158\" target=\"_blank\">arrogance in the face of international criticism<\/a> continues as one Israeli writer calls the siege &#8220;Israel&#8217;s Vietnam&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-israel-aftermath-20100602,0,2728499.story\">Israel Sees no Need to Apologize for Raid<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and Davutoglu compares the impact of the attack on Turkish public opinion to 9\/11&#8217;s effect on America:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/06\/01\/AR2010060101506.html\">Turkish Foreign Minister: Israeli Raid on Gaza Aid Flotilla &#8216;like 9\/11&#8217; for his Country<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What challenges and\u00c2\u00a0opportunities\u00c2\u00a0will arise for the PA and Hamas in light of Israel&#8217;s latest attack?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2010\/0601\/Why-Israeli-raid-on-Freedom-Flotilla-makes-Abbas-s-job-harder\">Why Israeli Raid on Freedom Flotilla Makes Abbas&#8217;s Job Harder<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2010\/jun\/02\/gaza-israel-flotilla-hamas\">Gaza: it&#8217;s Hamas&#8217;s Move Now<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The death of al-Qaeda&#8217;s third-ranking leader in a drone strike was portrayed by U.S. officials Tuesday as a severe setback to the terrorist organization. But if history is any guide, the network will have no problem replacing him&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/06\/01\/AR2010060103497.html\">Al-Qaeda is Likely to Replace No. 3 Leader with Ease<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions of legitimacy surround the Peace Jirga with attendees hand selected by government officials and no representation from the Afghani opposition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Asia-South-Central\/2010\/0601\/What-are-prospects-for-Afghanistan-s-long-awaited-peace-jirga\">What are Prospects for Afghanistan&#8217;s Long-Awaited Peace Jirga?<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Israeli officials pledge &#8220;this ship will be stopped as was the case with the other Gaza flotilla ships earlier in the week &#8230; SS Rachel Corrie Heading to Israel to Break Gaza Embargo (Yeshiva World News) &#8230; a now freed Kuwaiti lawmaker reports &#8220;Israelis roughed up and humiliated all of us &#8211; women, men [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3170,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165\/revisions\/3170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}